From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3f311f39947d7ecb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Jeff Creem" Subject: Re: slow xforms Date: 1999/09/29 Message-ID: <7suf3d$dso$1@pyrite.mv.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 530951331 References: <37F26492.12559B39@eunet.at> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mv.com X-Trace: pyrite.mv.net 938655661 14232 199.125.99.230 (30 Sep 1999 01:41:01 GMT) Organization: MV Communications, Inc. X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Sep 1999 01:41:01 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-09-30T01:41:01+00:00 List-Id: Bernhard Rumpler wrote in message news:37F26492.12559B39@eunet.at... > Hi! > > We have severe problems when using aforms (Forms Library Ada Bindings, > V 0.86.0) Our distributed system depends on this library, all GUIs are > implemented with aforms so we can't avoid using it. > The problem is that the performance becomes extremly bad when we work > with tasks or protected types. When we try to create the distributed > partitions of our program (with gnatdist) the same problem occurs. Every > pixmap-load lasts for seconds, the whole program needs about 3 minutes > to start (normally it takes only a few seconds). > Of couse if you work with tasks and xforms you need to be careful since X and xforms are not thread safe...I am not sure what is causing the slowness but I would imagine that the makers of xforms (who you have paid a license fee to since this is not free SW unless not used for commecial purposes) might be able to help you. It can be a little hard to get help in cases like this but if you frame your question in terms of problems working with threads they may be able to help. Jeff Creem